William gilfillan



(No Model.)

W. GILPILLAN. SURGICAL BANDAGE WINDER.

No. 442,314. Patented Dec. 9, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM GILFILLAN, OF STEINVAY, NElV YORK.

SURGlCAL-BANDAGE WlNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,314, dated December9, 1890.

Application filed April 16, 1890. Serial No- 348,139. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

3e it known that 1, WILLIAM GILFILLAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Steinway, Queens county, and State of New York, haveinvented a Device for Winding Surgeons Bandages, of which the followingis a specification.

In Windin g surgeons bandages difficulty arises in making the roll firmand uniform, because the edges of the strip of muslin are usually longerthan the middle portions in consequence of having been stretched in thetearing operation. To compensate this condition the center portions ofthe strip require more tension than the edges.

The present invention is for simultaneously spreading the stripWidthWise and applying tension to the middle part of the strip, so thatthe bandage can be Wound rapidly and firmly and by an inexperiencedperson.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device, and Fig.2 is a vertical section of the same.

The base-piece A is adapted to rest upon a table near its edge, and thearm B passes therefrom down beneath the table, and is provided with aclampscrew c for attaching the winding apparatus in position for use.

Upon the base A are the end standards or brackets D, receiving throughtheir upper ends the removable spindle E, having a crankhandle F at oneend. This spindle is preferably square at the place Where the bandage isWound, and it can be pulled endwise out from the roll and from thebrackets D, when the bandage has been Wound up.

At the front of the base A there is a frame having a straightcross-piece K and a curved or semicircular guide L, and these parts areeither cast with or attached to the base A.

The strip of material to form the bandage is led up over the outer edgeof the guide L, down through such guide, and beneath the straightedge K,and up to the spindle, and during the Winding operation the attendantsimply guides the material as it passes up over the convex edge of L,and this convex edge spreads the fabric laterally, and the edges of thestrip hang loosely. Hence the tension is the most at the middle of thestrip, and the bandage is wound equally and closely upon the spindle.

I claim as my invention-- The combinatiomwith the winding-spindle andits supports, of a forwardly-projecting frame having a straightcross-piece R and a curved or semicircular open guide L, the parts beingconstructed, substantially as set forth, so that the bandage passes upover the convex edge of the guide and down through the opening thereinand beneath the straight cross-piece and up to the spindle, and isguided and the tension applied thereto in the manner set forth.

Signed by me this 9th day of April, 1800.

WILLIAM GILFILLAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN V. TEN BEoEcK, ED. CARPENTER.

